What are the Indie Spirit Awards? No, really, what are they? What purpose do they serve? Logic would suggest that they celebrate films that exemplify the spirit of independent filmmaking. You know, like an ambitious director with loads of talent and a singular vision that all the studio big-wigs passed on who maxes out his [...]
This week we’re trying something a little different. Scott, my usual co-host, was absent from class during the recording of the show so instead of scrambling to find a temporary replacement I decided to offer the audio versions of a couple of our already written reviews. This isn’t likely to become a staple of the [...]
Lee Daniels, the much lauded director of festival darling and his second feature, “Precious: Based on the Novel ‘Push’ by Sapphire,” may very well direct a film version of “Miss Saigon” with former United Artists CEO, Paula Wagner, producing for the first time since leaving UA, reports Variety. Although no deal is yet complete, Daniels [...]
Loco: London’s 1st Comedy Film Festival
Orlando: Does Sex Matter?
A soothing demise: Lars von Trier’s ‘Melancholia’ considered
The Power of Limits in The Five Obstructions
Surviving ‘Surviving Life’
‘The Other’ at The 2nd London Iranian Film Festival
‘Leaving’: Made in Prague
A Step Forward: New African Film in Paris
Adapting to The Skin I Live In: The Antidote to Horror
Chicken with Plums: Better on Paper
